Registration Denied if under 18

Userage Based Permissions

Description
This Hack allows yo to specify a minimum Age to register, as well as specifying a minimum Age for each Forum.
Please note that this can be as easily tricked as COPPA and does in no way
fulfill law requirements for Adult Content.

Details
1 Product XML with 5 Plugins, 3 Phrases, 1 Setting and 1 Query

History
1.0.0 Initial Version
1.0.1 Minimum Age is now a Setting (ACP / vBulletion Options / vBulletin Options / User registration Options)
Added an Option in Forum Manager to specify Minimum Age for each Forum
1.0.2 Fixed a slight mistake in the XML which caused an error in Forum Manager
1.0.3 Added a Plugin that was missing in the XML so the Option in Forum Manager now does show up

Please only click Install if you actually have installed/are using this Hack, and click Uninstall whan you don't use it any longer!

[webspider]

Originally Posted by Dark Visor

This is not useful because most under-18 people do not state their real age.

Agreed, however this is one more step.

[matt2cacnio]

next thing u will know. you will need a credit card to verify ur 18 yrs and older.

[Andreas]

Updated
Minimum Age is now configurable, also added a per Forum setting.

[richard4339]

Kirby, I've been waiting for this for so long.

Unfortunately, it will not install. It gives an error (which flashes by too quickly to catch).

[akanevsky]

Then again, why do we have COPPA at all?

Cause the developers had nothing else to do / wanted to keep customers satisfied?
I don't see the point in doing any age verification or whatsoever, regardless of what site it is, unless there is some biometric identification enforced... Which first of all, does not exist yet / does exist but is too expensive for average user, and second of all, even if someone is wealthy enough to buy a biometric authorization, then that can be hacked too Too early to even think about such restrictions, anyway.

[Boofo]

Could someone edit their birthdate to bypass this in a certain forum?

[House_of_Crazed]

This is interesting to me, but I am curious about being able to lock in the birthdate without being able to be editted unless it's through the admincp.

[richard4339]

Originally Posted by House_of_Crazed

This is interesting to me, but I am curious about being able to lock in the birthdate without being able to be editted unless it's through the admincp.

THAT is a good idea.

Another thing, if the user doesn't input their birth year, what happens then?

[Chris M]

Originally Posted by richard4339

THAT is a good idea.

Another thing, if the user doesn't input their birth year, what happens then?

If you require them to enter their birthday on registration, does it not ask for the birth year as well?

I believe there is also a hack that will ask users to update their profile fields before they can participate further in the site - Could be adapted to birthdays and then you lock them out of editing it in the future

Satan

[Adrian Schneider]

Originally Posted by Dark Visor

Cause the developers had nothing else to do / wanted to keep customers satisfied?
I don't see the point in doing any age verification or whatsoever, regardless of what site it is, unless there is some biometric identification enforced... Which first of all, does not exist yet / does exist but is too expensive for average user, and second of all, even if someone is wealthy enough to buy a biometric authorization, then that can be hacked too Too early to even think about such restrictions, anyway.

Not everyone is dishonest about their age. 5% effectiveness is still better than 0.